How to get everything in the Animal Crossing: Pocket Super Mario Crossover event

The Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Super Mario Crossover event is here and we have a whole month to collect a Campsite full of blocks, mushrooms, and Piranha plants. This event takes place in three rounds across 30 days, so don't waste time gathering the mushrooms you need to craft your furniture.

March 10 is Mar10 Day!

The Super Mario Crossover event lasts a full 30 days, but rolls out across three rounds. Though you'll be able to continue to craft furniture and clothing from the first and second round until the event ends on April 9, the Timed Goal event challenges only last 10 days in each round.

All of the furniture and clothing items in the first round are craftable with mushroom materials except the Mario Rug, which costs 120 Leaf Tickets. Luckily, many of the Timed Goals for this event earn Leaf Tickets as a reward. The first round yields 90 Leaf Tickets total. The Mario Rug can be crafted up to four times during the 30-day event (though I'm not sure why you would need four since you can only place two rugs down at a time).

Crafting Super Mario Crossover furniture and clothing costs Mushrooms, which you get as a bonus for completing requests from your animal friends or completing Timed Goals in the game.

How to stock up on Mushrooms to craft all the Super Mario Crossover furniture and clothes

You can earn Mushrooms in two ways. One is from completing requests for animals in the campground or your Campsite. Animals will give Mushrooms as a bonus item along with typical crafting materials. Mushroom rewards appear to be random. Sometimes, you'll receive 1 - 6 Mushrooms for all three requests, but other times, you might complete 10 requests without being rewarded a single Mushroom. Come on, Curt. Don't be so stingy!

Another way to get big stacks of Mushrooms is to complete timed goals. Luckily, these particular timed goals last 10 days. You don't have to complete them within one 24-hour period. Mushroom rewards for Timed Goals in the first round are:

10 Mushrooms - Complete 1 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 2 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 3 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 5 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 10 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 15 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 20 request for visiting animals.

10 Mushrooms - Complete 30 request for visiting animals.

20 Mushrooms - Complete 50 request for visiting animals.

We don't yet know what the Timed Goals for Round 2 and Round 3 are. I'll update this guide as soon as I find out.

Craft furniture to earn Leaf Tickets

While your earning lots of Mushrooms for completing requests for visiting animals, you should begin crafting furniture. For one reason, that's why you're participating in this event, right? For another, you'll earn Bells and Leaf Tickets for crafting furniture. Bell and Leaf Ticket rewards for Timed Goals in the first round are:

1,000 Bells - Craft Big Bro's Hat.

1,000 Bells - Craft Big Bro's Tee.

3,000 Bells - Craft Big Bro's Mustache.

20 Leaf Tickets - Craft Coin.

20 Leaf Tickets - Craft Block.

20 Leaf Tickets - Craft Green Shell.

30 Leaf Tickets - Craft Super Mushroom.

We don't yet know what the Timed Goals for Round 2 and Round 3 are. I'll update this guide as soon as I know more.

Complete requests every three hours

Animals move in and out of the campground every three hours. That means four different animals appear "in the wild" (around the campground) requesting three tasks each, and a random number of animals will give you some items in your Campsite. This will help you earn the Timed Goal quests and have a chance to get those bonus Mushrooms from animals.

I recommend setting an alarm (not while you're sleeping, of course) to remind you at each of the times below so you can log in and quest up.

7AM ET

10AM ET

1PM ET

4PM ET

7PM ET

10PM ET

1AM ET

4AM ET

Chat with animals in your Campsite

In addition to completing quests every three hours, you can chat with the animals in your Campsite. Sometimes as many as five of them will give you items or bells. If your lucky, the Campsite residents will drop a Mushroom or two in your lap.

Keep in mind that the three hour cycle for animals at your Campsite begins after you speak with the first animal. The best way to keep the pattern similar to the campground cycle is to talk to the animals in your campsite first, at the same time as the cycle switch noted above.

Stock up on fish, fruit, shells, and bugs

As many as you can hold in your item storage. If you're going to make it through all of those quests every three hours, you can't expect to just log in at 7AM and then again at 10AM and have all of the items that every animal will request. You'll have to keep the game going as often as you have time for. Every free moment should be spent grinding (AKA: farming) for items that animals will ask you for.

It's important to have a balanced item storage box. If you have too many Olive Flounders and very few Peaches, you're going to be up a creek without a paddle. Try to make sure you have a lot of everything, even if it means selling 10 of those Crucian Carps back to the in-store market for a measly 10 Bells each.

Fruit is the most difficult to stock up on in ACPC, especially oranges, peaches, and pears. There are only one tree each of those. Now is the time to check your friends' market boxes and see if anyone is selling off some fruit. Stock up on nature's candies because you'll be giving them all away again to animals after the next campground turnaround.

PSA: Do your friends a favor and list some of those extra peaches and pears you've got lying around. It'll make them so happy.

Request help from friends the first time you open the game

In order to enter Shovelstrike Quarry, you need to pay out 20 Leaf Tickets or get help from five friends. Asking for help from friends is easy. Just tap the banner that says, "Enter with help from friends!" and then tap "Ask for Help!" to send requests to up to 10 friends at a time.

The hard part is getting your friends to help you. On the receiving end of the request, the other person has to notice that you need help by checking their friend list and tapping your name, then tapping "Lend a Hand." You need five other players to lend you a hand.

Not everyone plays at the same time, so the easiest way to ensure that your friends will help you out is to ask first thing in the morning. That way, you have plenty of time to receive the help you need. You can hold on to those helping friends for future Shovelstrike Quarry visits. They don't have to be used for the current reward.

For example, let's say you open the game for the first time at 7:00 AM. Call on your friends for help right away. Let's also assume that you receive help from five of those friends by 8:00 AM, but the Shovelstrike Quarry reward is a stack of wood. Don't enter the Quarry during this cycle. Wait until the next one to see if the reward is Mushrooms. You can hold on to those helping friends until the end of the day. The friend request cycle will restart after midnight ET.

Previous Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp events

The Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Crystal Collection event is over, but we're keeping the information alive, just in case you want to see how it worked. The same event might take place again in the future, so you can bone up on your crafting skills early.

Crystal Collection event open!

Turn your campsite int a world of glittering crystal during the Crystal Collection event, going on now!

The Crystal Collection event lasts just 10 days and ends February 24, 2018. You can find sparkly furniture and a full Snow Princess outfit. You can even add a crystal gazebo to your Campsite. The Snow Princess dress is a Timed Goal reward that you can only get by crafting a specific event item.

Crafting Crystal Collection furniture costs Crystal Shards. You can get them as a bonus for completing requests from your animal friends, or by completing timed goals in the game.

How to stock up on Snowflakes to craft all of the Winter Sports furniture and clothes

You can earn Crystal Shards in three ways. One is from completing requests for animals in the campground or your Campsite. Animals will give Crystal Shards as a bonus item along with typical crafting materials. Crystal Shard rewards appear to be random. Sometimes, you'll receive 1 - 6 Crystal Shards for all three requests, but other times, you might complete 10 requests without being rewarded a single Crystal Shard. Hey Francine, what gives? Don't be so stingy!

Another way to get big stacks of Crystal Shards is to complete timed goals. Luckily, these particular timed goals last the entire 10 days. You don't have to complete them within one 24-hour period. Timed goals for Crystal Shards are:

5 Crystal Shards - Craft Crystal Mist.

5 Crystal Shards - Craft Crystal Mist Elite.

10 Crystal Shards - Completed 3 requests for visiting animals.

10 Crystal Shards - Complete 10 requests for visiting animals.

10 Crystal Shards - Craft Blue Rug.

20 Crystal Shards - Craft Snow Princess wig.

20 Crystal Shards - Craft Large Crystal.

30 Crystal Shards - Complete 20 requests for visiting animals.

40 Crystal Shards - Craft Crystal Bed.

To get the Snow Princess Dress and Crystal Countertop, complete two Timed Goals.

Crystal Countertop - Craft Crystal Tree.

Snow Princess Dress - Craft Crystal Lamp.

You can also earn Leaf Tickets for completing the last Crystal Collection event Timed Goals.

20 Leaf Tickets - Craft Crystal Gazebo.

One of the best ways to earn large stacks of Crystal Shards is when the Shovelstrike Quarry is offering them. You can earn 30 or more Crystal Shards from one trip to Shovelstrike Quarry. Crystal Shards are offered as a reward a couple of times each day, so be sure to check back often.

Craft the low-cost, fast-finishing clothes first

Getting all of the Crystal Collection items is a bit of a balancing act. In order to get more Crystal Shards, you can craft some of the lowest-costing fastest-completing items. These items cost 10 Crystal Shards and only take one minute to complete. They yield 5 - 10 more Crystal Shards each, once crafting is complete, thanks to the timed goal reward, which means you can immediately craft the next item after you've collected the reward from your Mailbox. After you've earned your first 20 Crystal Shards, craft the following items, one after the other.

Crystal Mist

Crystal Mist Elite

Blue Rug

This will only take a few minutes, including the time it takes to collect your reward from your Mailbox.

After you finish these three items, you can continue your daily grind of completing requests and visiting Shovelstrike Quarry to earn more Crystal Shards.

Winter Sports event Open

Get into the spirit of the season, and turn your campsite into a winter wonderland during the Winter Sports Event, going on right now.

The Winter Sports event lasts just 10 days and ends January 30, 2018. The clothing items are available as rewards for timed goals. You can get them by completing such tasks as completing a certain number of requests for the animals.

Crafting Winter Sports furniture items cost Snowflakes and nothing else. You can get Snowflakes as a bonus for completing requests from your animal friends, or by completing timed goals in the game.

How to stock up on Snowflakes to craft all of the Winter Sports furniture and clothes

You can earn Snowflakes in three ways. One is from completing requests for animals in the campground or your Campsite. Animals will give Snowflakes as a bonus item along with typical crafting materials. Snowflake rewards appear to be random. Sometimes, you'll receive 1 - 6 Snowflakes for all three requests, but other times, you might complete 10 requests without being rewarded a single Snowflake. Come on Agnes, what gives? Didn't I do what you asked?

Another way to get big stacks of Snowflakes is to complete timed goals. Luckily, these particular timed goals last the entire 10 days. You don't have to complete them within one 24-hour period. Timed goals for Snowflakes are:

10 Snowflakes - Complete 10 requests for visiting animals.

10 Snowflakes - Craft figure-skate shoes.

10 Snowflakes - Craft snowboard pants.

10 Snowflakes - Craft snowboard jacket

10 Snowflakes - Craft figure-skate outfit

30 Snowflakes - Complete 20 requests for visiting animals.

30 Snowflakes - Craft pearl tiara.

30 Snowflakes - Craft beanie with goggles

30 Snowflakes - Craft mini skate ring.

You can also earn Leaf Tickets for completing some Timed Goals

10 Leaf Tickets - Complete 3 requests for visiting animals.

20 Leaf Tickets - Craft snow park.

One of the best ways to earn large stacks of Snowflakes is when the Shovelstrike Quarry is offering them. You can earn 30 or more Snowflakes from one trip to Shovelstrike Quarry. Snowflakes are offered as a reward a couple of times each day, so be sure to check back often.

Craft the low-cost, fast-finishing clothes first

Getting all of the Winter Sports items is a bit of a balancing act. In order to get more Snowflakes, you can craft some of the lowest-costing fastest-completing items. These items cost 10 Snowflakes and only take one minute to complete. They yield 10 more Snowflakes each once crafting is complete thanks to the timed goal reward, which means you can immediately craft the next item after you've collected the reward from your Mailbox. After you've earned your first 10 Snowflakes, craft the following items, one after the other.

Figure-skate shoes

Snowboard Pants

Snowboard Jacket

This will only take about 3 minutes, maybe four including the time it takes to collect your reward from your Mailbox.

After you finish these three items, you can continue your daily grind of completing requests and visiting Shovelstrike Quarry to earn more Snowflakes.

New Year's event Open!

A limited-time New Year's Event is going on right now!

During the event, you may get Countdown Charms when you complete requests for animals.

Collect enough and you can craft special New Year's-themed items.

You can also unlock New Year's-themed clothing by completing animal requests!

Have fun, and happy New Year!

The New Year's event lasts just 15 days and ends January 10, 2018. The clothing items are available as rewards for timed goals. You can get them by completing such tasks as completing a certain number of requests for the animals or crafting specific New Year's items.

Crafting New Year's items cost Countdown Charms and nothing else. You can get Countdown Charms as a bonus for completing requests from your animal friends, or by completing timed goals in the game.

How to get the traditional New Year's outfit

There are new crafting items and clothing as part of the New Year's event. Clothing items are only available as rewards for completing requests for the animals that visit your campground or are hanging out at your Campsite.

How to stock up on Countdown Charms to craft all of the New Year's- themed furniture

You can earn Countdown Charms in three ways. One is from completing requests for animals in the campground or your Campsite. Animals will give Countdown Charms as a bonus item along with typical crafting materials. Countdown Charm rewards appear to be random. Sometimes, you'll receive 1 - 6 Countdown Charms for all three requests, but other times, you might complete 10 requests without a single Countdown Charm. Come on, Maggie, what gives? Didn't I do what you asked?

Another way to get big stacks of Countdown Charms is to complete timed goals. Luckily, these particular timed goals last the entire 15 days. You don't have to complete them within one 24-hour period. Timed goals for Countdown Charms are:

10 Countdown Charms - Complete 3 requests for visiting animals

10 Countdown Charms - Complete 10 requests for visiting animals

10 Countdown Charms - Craft the Fancy Kadomatsu

10 Countdown Charms - Craft the Basket of Tangerines

10 Countdown Charms - Craft the Zodiac Dog

30 Countdown Charms - Complete 30 requests for visiting animals

40 Countdown Charms - Craft the Flowery Kotatsu

40 Countdown Charms - Craft the Fancy Kagamimochi

40 Countdown Charms - Craft the OK Motors Kite

70 Countdown Charms - Complete 70 requests for visiting animals

You will also earn one special request gem for crafting the Kadomatsu Screen and 20 leaf tickets for crafting Isabelle Kite.

One of the best ways to earn large stacks of Countdown Charms is when the Shovelstrike Quarry is offering them. You can earn anywhere from 13 - 34 Countdown Charms from one trip to Shovelstrike Quarry. It appears that Countdown Charms are offered as a reward a couple of times each day, so be sure to check back often.

The holiday event lasts 25 days and will end on Christmas Eve. The clothing items are available as rewards for timed goals. You can get them by completing such tasks as completing a certain number of requests for the animals or crafting specific holiday items.

Crafting holiday items cost Candy Canes and nothing else. You can get Candy Canes as a bonus for completing requests from your animal friends, or by completing timed goals in the game.

How to get the Santa suit

There are new crafting items and clothing as part of the holiday event. Clothing items are available as rewards for completing requests for the animals that visit your campground or are hanging out at your Campsite.

Santa pants - Complete 30 requests for visiting animals

Santa skirt - Complete 70 requests for visiting animals

Santa boots - Craft the Jingle checked rug

Santa coat - Craft the Jingle fence

How to stock up on Candy Canes to craft all the holiday furniture

You can earn Candy Canes in three ways. One is from completing requests for animals in the campground or your Campsite. Animals will give Candy Canes as a bonus item along with typical crafting materials. Candy Cane rewards appear to be random. Sometimes, you'll receive 1 - 6 Candy Canes for all three requests, but other times, you might complete 10 requests without a single Candy Cane. I use this time to cuss out my animal friends.

Another way to get big stacks of Candy Canes is to complete timed goals. Luckily, these particular timed goals last the entire 25 days. You don't have to complete them within one 24-hour period. Timed goals for Candy Canes are:

20 Candy Canes - Complete 3 requests for visiting animals

20 Candy Canes - Craft the Jingle checked sofa

20 Candy Canes - Craft the Mountain of presents

40 Candy Canes - Complete 10 requests for visiting animals

40 Candy Canes - Craft the Jingle checked bed

80 Candy Canes - Craft the Jingle snow globe

80 Candy Canes - Craft the Festive streetlight

One of the best ways to earn large stacks of Candy Canes is when the Shovelstrike Quarry is offering them. You can earn anywhere from 13 - 34 Candy Canes from one trip to Shovelstrike Quarry. It appears that Candy Canes are offered as a reward a couple of times each day, so be sure to check back often.

Your suggestions?

How are you planning for the next Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp event? Put your suggestions in the comment so we can all learn some new tricks.

Updated March 10, 2018: Added information about the Super Mario Crossover event and moved the Crystal Collection event guide to the Older Events section.